“I’m very disappointed,” Meyer said. “I can’t stand that. I think I know Evan well enough and I talked to him briefly. He was kind of smiling when he said it, (but) no, I can’t stand it.

“He’s certainly not the spokesman for our team. As a result, Evan won’t talk to the media for a long, long time. You don’t do that. That’s not good sportsmanship, and it’s not what we expect.”

Spencer, the son of former Buckeye star running back Tim Spencer, is well-respected on the team and has earned praise for his play this year. He has 21 catches, including three touchdowns, and has been a tenacious blocker.

But yesterday’s comments, though intended to be light-hearted, went viral on social media, though many references were misquoted or taken out of context. Some national sites claimed, for example, that Spencer mentioned Florida State as a team that OSU would beat. Spencer never mentioned or was asked about the Seminoles.

“I understand that he’s a young man that made a minor mistake, but we just don’t do that,” Meyer said. “We talk about your teammates, talk about the team and move on.”

Meyer said he reminds his players to be careful what they say to the media.

“I just don’t like disrespecting other teams,” he said.

Yesterday, Spencer apologized for his comments on Twitter.

“I did not mean to disrespect any FB team today,” he tweeted. “I am confident in my team, and as is evident in the video, I was having fun with the media answering their questions. I should have chosen my words more wisely. There was no intent to disrespect any other team.”